Who here benefit from double joints?

[Jeremy]

I only thought about it the other day when a friend said my hands were wrong.

I can bend my thumb back 90 degrees, which gives great support when playing, and can also bend my fingertips back as well to make things like playing multiple notes across strings easier and for barring.

Thinking about it I couldn't position my hands by keeping a straight thumb or fingers on certain chords or positions. Very strange.

Does anyone else have broken hands?

[Basswood]

Re: Who here benefit from double joints?

I have the same problem with a few chords myself. I also cannot barre with my third finger. Believe me when I say that my pinky is extremely strong from having to bear the load for that finger.

[Mr White]

Re: Who here benefit from double joints?

I can bend the my thumb back 90 degrees at the first knuckle. Just the very tip of it.
Dont know if it helps me play any better! [img]graemlins/laugh.gif[/img]
Only realised it wasnt normal a few years ago [img]graemlins/laugh.gif[/img]

Jamesy

[Number Of The Priest]

Re: Who here benefit from double joints?

BOTH my thumbs have double-jointed joints that allow my thumbs to pop out of their sockets, but I still haven't found a guitar-related use for my double-jointed thumbs yet. [img]graemlins/scratchhead.gif[/img]

[delt]

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> and can also bend my fingertips back

horrendous technique. Your fingers should -never- be bent backwards when you play.

[atomic charvel guy]

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both of my thumbs were doublejointed like number of the priest's until i lost my left thumb in my last high school football game. it literally got crushed and was hanging in the wind with this bone just sticking out. it was fukkin gross.
i can hardly bend it at all now, i wonder if that held me back alot? probably.

[Shawn Lutz]

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I put a couple together to form one long joint before...after finishing it I thought I played some good stuff so I'd say I benefited from the doublejoint [img]graemlins/laugh.gif[/img]

[MetalMedal II]

Re: Who here benefit from double joints?

both of my thumbs were doublejointed like number of the priest's until i lost my left thumb in my last high school football game. it literally got crushed and was hanging in the wind with this bone just sticking out. it was fukkin gross.

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Ouch! I also got my left thunb crushed between 2 helmets from a HS FB game, but I only ended up losing the nail, which eventually grew back. It hurt like a sonofabitch that night! I still have a black mark under the nail which I call the point of impact. I didn't start playing guitar until the following year.

[catzodellamarina]

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Those thumb stories make me cringe. I was playing scout-team linebacker in HS, a fatass lineman got stood up and pushed back into me. He grinded 1 cleat into my big toe with all his weight. It was like being nailed to the ground and I could only pivot. I lost the nail and hopped around like a Peter Pan fairy on the field for a while. I always protected my hands and never busted a bone.

Last year riding ATC's (not the 4-wheel wuss machines) I'm talking 250R baby, I break my wrist trying to be young again. It had been 18 years since football and since I rode dirt bikes. I played with a cast on 2 weeks after. I couldn't watch my band, I had to play.